Tuesday, October 23, 2001

Sports briefs
Stilley garners C-USA offensive player honor
After completing 21 of 29 passes for 273 yards and three touchdowns in his first career start, junior quarterback Sean Stilley was named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week.

Stilley also ran for a touchdown in the Frogs’ 38-20 win over Army on Saturday and had 12 carries for 34 yards, including a 47 yard scamper. Stilley’s 273 passing yards were the most by a Horned Frog quarterback since Max Knake threw for 391 yards against Kansas on Sept. 14, 1995.

Stilley joined placekicker Nick Browne, tailback Corey Connally and safety Charlie Owens as Horned Frogs honored by C-USA this season.


Rifle team grabs two third-place finishes
Senior Leticia Marquez and junior Jessica Green led the TCU Rifle team to two third-place finishes at the Horned Frog Invitational this past weekend.

The Purple team, which consisted of Marquez, Green, senior Stacey Phillips and junior Andy Pratt, finished second in the air rifle competition with a score of 1408, finishing behind first-place Memphis. The Purple team finished third in the Smallbore competition behind first place Texas A&M (Maroon) and second place San Francisco (Women).

The TCU White team, whose members are senior Jennifer Heim, sophomore Dana O’Shea, junior Lindsay Simm and freshman Joncee Moulder, finished 7th in Air Rifle and 8th in Smallbore competition.

The Frogs’ next competition is Saturday and Sunday in dual meets at Ole Miss and Memphis.


Volley Frogs lose by one match to East Carolina
The Volley Frogs (6-14, 2-7 Conference USA) lost 3-2 to East Carolina (5-15, 3-8) Saturday.

TCU dropped the first game, 30-28, but came back strong for the second game to win, 30-11. After intermission the Pirates pulled out an extended play win at 33-31 only to have the Frogs tie up the match after winning, 30-22, in the fourth game. ECU took advantage of TCU’s errors and took the game 15-8 to win the match.

The Frogs head on the road for six matches beginning Friday with a trip to South Florida.


Bearcats’ Immanuel McElroy returns
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati forward Immanuel McElroy returned to basketball practice Monday after missing two weekend practices because of a stress fracture in his left foot.

McElroy was on crutches during the weekend. A doctor on Monday cleared him to shed the crutches and resume practicing with the Bearcats, if he can do so without pain.

The 6-foot-4 senior from Port Arthur injured the fifth metatarsal of the foot during the Bearcats’ practice Thursday.